Neuroscience in education : the good, the bad, and the ugly / edited by Sergio Della Sala and Mike Anderson. - xiv, 385 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introductions -- Neuroscience in Education: An (opinionated) Introduction / Understanding the neuroscience and education connection: Themes emerging from a review of the literature / Theoretical approaches for developing the good / Constructing connection: the evolving field of mind / Principles of Learning / The contribution of cognitive neuroscience to understanding domains of learning -- Reading in alphabetic writing systems: Evidence from cognitive neuroscience / Can teachers count on mathematical neurosciences? / Working Memory: The seat of learning and comprehension / Applications of cognitive science to education / The influence of neurogenetics on education -- Genetics and genomics: Good / Genetic sciences for developmentalists: An example of reading ability and disability / Genetically-informed models for school and teaching / Misuse of Neuroscience in the classroom -- Neuroscience / Educational double-think / Rose-tinted? The use of coloured filters to treat reading difficulties / Don't try this at school: The attraction of 'alternative' educational techniques / Current conjectures from educational neuroscience -- Bridging between brain science and educational practice with Design Patterns / Assuring successful lifelong learning - can neuroscience provide the key? / Educational cognitive neuroscience: Designing autism-friendly methods to teach emotion recognition -- Educational cognitive neuroscience: Designing autism-friendly methods to teach emotion recognition / Schools and the new ecology of the human mind / Brain-Science and Education in Japan / Final remarks -- The good / Of all the conferences in all the towns in all the world / Mike Anderson and Sergio Della Sala -- Miriam Beauchamp and Catherine Beauchamp -- removing the bad and giving the ugly a makeover in neuroscience and education -- brain / and education / Donna Coch and Daniel Ansari -- Implications for Teaching? Cognitive Neuroscience and the Classroom / Usha Goswami -- Jane Ashby and Keith Rayner -- Xavier Seron -- Nelson Cowan -- Henry Roediger III / Bridgid Finn / and Yana Weinstein -- bad and ugly / Yulia Kovas and Robert Plomin -- Elena Grigorenko -- Tim Bates -- education and educational efficacy research / Max Coltheart and Genevieve McArthur -- Michael Corballis -- Rob McIntosh and Stuart Ritchie -- Stuart Ritchie / Eric Chudler / and Sergio Della Sala -- Michael W. Connell / Zachary Stein / and Howard Gardner -- Christiane Spiel / Barbara Schober / Petra Wagner / and Monika Finsterwald -- Simon Baron-Cohen / Ofer Golan / Emma Ashwin -- Domenico Parisi -- Hideaki Koizumi -- the bad and the ugly in neuroscience and education - an educator's perspective / Paul Howard-Jones -- what in heaven's name brought us to neuroeducation? / Mike Anderson and Mary Oliver. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

019960049X 9780199600496

2012931713


Learning--Physiological aspects.
Cognitive neuroscience.
Neurosciences.

QP408 / .N48 2012

612.8233